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c. L. GILPATRIC, Meat Chopper.

Patented lune 30, 1868.'4

No. Y79,465.

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TO ALLWHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it` known that I, C; L. GILPATRIC, of Boston, in'thc county of Suffolk, and in they State of Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat-Choppers; and vdo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference' being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. Y

In the annexed drawings, forming part of this specification- Figure 1 is a side view,

Figure l2 a front view, and

Figure 3 a plan view.

The nature of my invention consists in the arrangement of the meat-chopper, and in themanner of turning the tray. i Y To enable others vskilled inthe art to make'and use my invention, I will proceed to describeits construction and operation. i i

A represents the bottom, on which the trayB revolves. This bottom, A, has on one side a standard, C, on the side of-whch the wheel D revolves. This wheel is provded'with a. rim on itsA periphery, and on the inside of tliis fini cogs are placed, which turn a smaller wheel, E, attached toa shaft which runs lin the hollowshaft1 F, ou top of the standard C. The circnmferences of the two wheels D-and E bear the proportion to each other as'. three to one. l

i `'.lhehollow shaft F, attached to the top of the standard C, extends to above the centre of the rtray B, and is provided 'with two arms, H, which-are so formed as to have grooves on their inside, perpendicularly in which thechopping-knife slidesA up and down.

The shaft attached to wheel E, and running through the hollow shaft F, has attached to it at its other end another wheel, G, which is provided with a revolving nut or lug, a, on its side, near its periphery, which nut is inserted i-n a slot`on the frame I, for the eutting-knife`K,-in 'such a. manner that when the wheel is turned, and the nut a raises the frame I, this frame will slide up in the grooves on arms H H, and as the wheel is turned further, it presses the knife down.

The knife K is attached to the frame I by a screw, b. On the side of the. rim, to the wheel D, are three lugs, c, placed at equal distance from cach other, which lug-s, 'as the wheel is turned-.hy the crank, J, strike a small lever, d, pivoted on the bottoni, A. This lever 'd has a spring, e, attacheh'which operates on notches on the bottom of thetray B, so that when the lever cZ- is turned out of its position, lthe springe slides along the notches, and as soon as the lug c lets the lever zZ-spring back, the spring e falls in one of the notches on the bottom of the tray D, and turns it. The spiral or rubber `spring f, fastened to the lever d, brings it back as soon as'the lug lets it go.

AThe pawls g g serve to hold the lcver and tray in proper position, so as not to allow the tray to be turned -too much at'onc time.

The tray may also be turned by means of a wheel and shaft on the lower e nd ofthe standard, and worked, same as wheel E, by wheel D. This shaft would then run to the .tray.B,-which`would'have a ratchet at the bot- Atom. A pnwl or crank-pin would then turn the tray. Or a lever on the standard C could be worked by three projections on the hub of whcel D. -This lever would be connected with another lever on the bottom, A, and turn the tray. v

Having thus fullyy described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangementl ,of the cutting or chopping-knife K in the frame I, and working in the arms H H, by menus of wheels, G, E, und D, and a shaft through o. hollow shaft, F,vsubstantially as and for the purposes herein setforth. j

` In testimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand, vthis 28th day ofApril, 1868.

C. L. GILPATRIC.

Witnesses:

CHARLES W. TURNER, .JonN'E KrLTor. 

